Halloween Preview

Today, Chandler and Regan went to a Halloween event at Life Center with my parents. They brought their friend Ashley Bambrick along as well.

Here are some preview pics of what they will be wearing come Tuesday, except for Ashley. She borrowed Chandler's costume from last year.

I think they look fantastic.

Also pictured is my mom, Sharon Peeters and a family friend, Bonnie Flores.

Revolution - a man's church

I am always a little leery when women become the primary participant in religion. I know that nationwide, women are far more likely to attend church, volunteer, and be involved in religious things. It's going to sound a little sexist of me, but I don't believe this is the way it supposed to be. I believe men should be the ones leading the charge and their families into a relationship with God.

That said, I am particularly sensitive when there is an open call in a church service for any kind of participation and it appears only women are answering.

This morning was definitely different. We wrote poems to God that formed the acrostic ADORE. There was an invitation to read your poem and at first only women were reading. I was silently praying, "Please men, someone, stand up and show us what a man of God looks like." After three women read, up went the men! I was so excited to see man after man, unashamed to acknowledge his love for God, read poem after poem. Of all the poems read, most were from men.

All the poems were moving and touching and I appreciated each one. The women, as well as the men, did an awesome job of adoring God. The best part for me came when we were asked to place our poems on a large cross in the center of the room. The first six people to rush up were men. How cool is that!!

Way to go men and women of Revolution! It is awe-inspiring to see so many love and serve God openly, without hesitation.

Since it's short, but certainly not the best I heard today, I'll share mine here:

Always faithful
Desiring relationship
Ongoing friendship
Relates to me and my experiences
Eternal love

Welcome Malia

We went to the hospital tonight to welcome little Malia Faith Velarde to the family. She's so cute and tiny. You forget how small they can be. Chandler and Regan were so excited that we were able to sneak them into the hospital. They've been anxiously counting down the days!

So I know it's been a while...

I know I haven't blogged anything for a while.

I have used the excuse that I didn't have anything to say, but that's not really true. The truth is, I've been in front of my computer so much lately, that sitting down to blog didn't sound fun. Well, I've been in front of my computer ALL DAY today, but I had a few minutes and enough people bugging me, that I thought I'd jump in again.

Since my last blog:

I have met Caleb Marchessault, and by now so has everyone else.

I celebrated my sister Lori's baby shower for her newest addition-to-be, Malia. (Still no word yet on her arrival.)

I had a fantastic meal at Claim Jumper with a lot of cool women to wish Jenny Platt a happy birthday.

I met with David Trotter to talk about upcoming events that need graphic representation. (I'm just finishing a cool self-promotional piece using families that attend Revolution. I think it looks very interesting and different from anything Revolution has done in the past. But that's O.K. We're different than we have been in the past.)

I attended a Kid's Training put on by Jenny Platt. All the Blast Off leaders did songs with hand motions and there weren't even any kids in the building.

I went to Riley's Farm with the Bambricks and saw a really cool reenactment of Revolutionary times in the freezing cold. (It was in the 40's and we weren't prepared.)



I did 3 photo shoots with my dad. Favorite pic here:



(Says Dave Peeters Photo because I downloaded the low res off his website.)

Tonight I'm going to a Mom's Night Out at Dawn Bambricks house.

So there it is. Everything I would have blogged about if I had had the time and energy. I plan to get back into it and do a much better job than this.

LOST is back!!

Tonight, we joined the Bambricks for a "Welcome back LOST" party. Of course, at the mention of the word "party" Rick went into full gear. He planned an amazing Lost-themed menu that was so cool.

First we had Jin's sushi served with tropical fruit.
He followed it with Sun's fresh greens salad and green beans.
We had Charlie's poppy seed muffins.
Hurley's fried chicken was the main course.
And last, but not least, was Claire's peanut butter cookies!

What an awesome evening! What great planning! What amazing presentation! This guy has way too much time on his hands.